doas Alternatives

Apps similar to doas include OpenDoas, which is free and open source. Other options are sudo-rs, sudo, SuRun and RootAsRole. In total there are six apps like doas for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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doas alternatives page was last updated Jan 4, 2026

OpenDoas
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A portable fork of the OpenBSD doas command. Very minimal alternative to sudo.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
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sudo-rs
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A memory safe implementation of sudo and su.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
Linux
FreeBSD
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sudo
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Run commands as root.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Mac
Linux
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SuRun
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SuRun eases using Windows 2000 to Windows Vista with limited user rights. With SuRun you can start applications with elevated rights without needing administrator credentials. Note: site is in German but app is translated to English.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Windows
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RootAsRole
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Privilege delegation tool based on Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). It empowers administrators to assign precise privileges — not full root — to users and commands.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (LGPL-3.0)
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Linux
Rust
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EU
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please
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sudo like program with regex support written in Rust.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
Rust
Fedora
Alpine Linux
openSUSE
NetBSD
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